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<blockquote data-quote="PapaUtah" data-source="post: 2393" data-attributes="member: 212"><p>Last year on the way to Sturgis I did a little survey on the way out. I hit I90 at Worthington, MN. on the Saturday of the first weekend. I counted bikes on the freeway heading west that I passed or passed me. I counted bikes on open trailers. For enclosed trailers I counted 1 bike. Some were big enough to hold a six or more but I kept the count conservative. I counted from Worthington to Ellsworth. Total stats, 792 bikes, 32%, or 257 were being ridden. The remaining 2/3rds were on trailers. The more eye opening number was the helmet count on the bikes being ridden. I counted 7 helmets including mine. 2 of those other 6 were the plastic German WWI type helmet the Milwaukee riders tend to favor. So it was really 5 helmets (&lt;2%) that were truly certified.</p><p></p><p>Sturgis truly has become a parody of itself. The largest trailer and motorhome rally in the west. A walk thru downtown reminds me of the lastest Star Wars opening with people dressed up as Chewbacca or Luke Skywalker. Only here they are pretending to be bikers. Does make for some very interesting people watching though! Traffic jams that make Chicago look like a super speedway.</p><p></p><p>I have been going every other year since '76. 35K people that year. I think last year was 525K to 550K. It is outgrowing the infrastructure for the area.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PapaUtah, post: 2393, member: 212"] Last year on the way to Sturgis I did a little survey on the way out. I hit I90 at Worthington, MN. on the Saturday of the first weekend. I counted bikes on the freeway heading west that I passed or passed me. I counted bikes on open trailers. For enclosed trailers I counted 1 bike. Some were big enough to hold a six or more but I kept the count conservative. I counted from Worthington to Ellsworth. Total stats, 792 bikes, 32%, or 257 were being ridden. The remaining 2/3rds were on trailers. The more eye opening number was the helmet count on the bikes being ridden. I counted 7 helmets including mine. 2 of those other 6 were the plastic German WWI type helmet the Milwaukee riders tend to favor. So it was really 5 helmets (<2%) that were truly certified. Sturgis truly has become a parody of itself. The largest trailer and motorhome rally in the west. A walk thru downtown reminds me of the lastest Star Wars opening with people dressed up as Chewbacca or Luke Skywalker. Only here they are pretending to be bikers. Does make for some very interesting people watching though! Traffic jams that make Chicago look like a super speedway. I have been going every other year since '76. 35K people that year. I think last year was 525K to 550K. It is outgrowing the infrastructure for the area. [/QUOTE]
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